Arts and Rural Community Assistance Grants
Description
Forest Service and National Endowment for the Arts (state) are sources of this grant. Its purpose is to demonstrate the importance of the arts in rural economic diversification and cultural resource conservation in forest and/or natural resource dependent areas and to stimulate partnerships between federal and state agencies addressing rural community assistance issues.

$6,000 to $30,000 (FS and Endowment funds combined.)

How to Use This Tool
Applicants must be organizations or units of state, local or tribal governments. Purchase of property, renovation and construction costs are not allowable. Design costs related to renovation and construction are allowable, but applicants must demonstrate that such a project is of regional or national significance. www.fs.fed.us/ipnf/admin/programs/rca/

Contact
Rural Area Development Coordinator
Dwight Makinson
(208) 765-7427

Grants and Agreement Coordinator
Denise Best
(208) 245-6054





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Funding
Protection & Conservation